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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Junaid Jamshed booked for blasphemy

KARACHI: A blasphemy case was registered on Tues­day
against singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed on the directives of a
district and sessions court for one of his televised sermons that is
thought to contain blasphemous remarks about a wife of Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him).

SSP-City Sheeraz Nazeer said the case had
been registered on a complaint of a leader of the Sunni Tehreek at the
Risala police station under Sections 295-C (use of derogatory remarks in
respect of the Holy Prophet) and 298-A (use of derogatory remarks etc
in respect of Holy Personage) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The SSP
said that Mr Jamshed had not yet been arrested. He said that the matter
would be investigated by a senior officer before taking any action.

ST
leader Mobin Qadri moved an application in the court under Section 22-A
of the criminal procedure code seeking registration of a blasphemy case
against Mr Jamshed for allegedly making blasphemous remarks about the
Holy Prophet and his wife Hazrat Ayesha (RA).

He said the
programme had been aired by a private television channel and was also
uploaded on various social media websites. He added that he had
approached the police station concerned, but the officials refused to
entertain his application for the registration of a case.

Disposing
of the application, District and Sessions Judge (south) Ahmed Saba
directed the Risala SHO on Tuesday to record the statement of the
applicant under Section 154 of the CrPC and register a case accordingly
if a cognisable offence was made out.

Meanwhile, Mr Jamshed released a video message on Tuesday in which he apologised for his remarks and asked for forgiveness.